The Globe. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874. TELEGRAMS.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 137, 7 November 1874, Page 2

The Globe. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874. TELEGRAMS.

(Her Anglo-Australian- Press Telegraph A gen eg.) Auckland, November fi. The TTydaspes has hie i placed in quarantine. The last case of scarlatina is reported as occurring on the 23rd of October, One death from brain fever occurred to-day. No cases aboard now. The Coronet from Tahiti brings intelligence that two American ships, one named the Mogul, and the other unknown, have been burned to the water’s edge in the Pacific The two calamities reported present veiy extraordinary features. Roth vessels belonged to the same American firm, and were loaded with coals at Liverpool for Francisco. Roth were burned within a dav or two of one another, and the crews of both found shelter in Marquesas Island. Ad the hands of the Mogul were sived. They were nearly seventy days in an open boat. The captain, male, and one boat’s crew of the other vessel were lost, but the second mate brought the other crew safely to the Marquesas after twenty-two clays’ privations and difficulties, having been all that time without instruments or charts. A small piece of card, on which the course was marked off, was the only means ol reckoning used. The vessels when burnt were nearly 2000 miles from land. The first of the crews arrived at Tahiti the same day as the Comet; the last one arrived seven days after. Wellington, November 6. A deputation waited upon the Mon Mi* Mantell, M.L.0., requesting him to become a candidate for the Mayoralty. He has accepted the invitation. A branch of the Rank of New Zealand has been opened at Masterton in this province. Nelson, Nov. 6. Madame Arabella Goddard’s concert last night was a great success. The Provincial Hall was filled ; bouquets fell in showers, and the audience rose and cheered her as she left the stage. Charleston, Nov 6. A public meeting was held last night, and a prospecting association formed. It was decided that a bonus of £2OO should be •riven to anyone who should find payable ground in the country lying between the vva f er-sheds of the Totara and Four Mile rivers, capable of giving remunerative employment to a hundred men for six months.